Some mother found their bady also have bad breath, which also can be caused by many reasons, here we provide you on how to prevent baby bad breath.

1. Treatment of disease

When baby have bad breath, we recommend parents take their child to the hospital the best diagnosis, exclude children with indigestion, tooth decay, nose, mouth, periodontal inflammation, and then carry out appropriate treatment and drug treatment. Once the disease cured, the bad breath also disappear.

2. Reasonable diet

Feeding your baby to the normalization, nutrition should be balanced, do not let children eat unclean and bad food, not to eclipse or overeating; recommend children do not eat too many snacks, sweets, especially not to eat sweets before going to bed. Baby can appropriate to eat more fruits and vegetables, increasing fiber, vitamins, to promote intestinal peristalsis, reduce stool, also contributed to the prevention of oral diseases such as gastrointestinal and prevent the occurrence of bad breath.

3.  Good health habits

Usually to help your children develop good health habits, especially the children who love to eat snacks, be sure to rinse after meals, morning and evening brushing, can gargle with cool boiled water or light salt water. And drink some cold water  to keep your mouth moist and the environment clean, reducing the incidence of oral disease.

4. Disinfection

Utensils of the baby should be regular cleaning and disinfection, the some to the breastfeeding of the mother. To maintain clean hygiene and reduce the gastrointestinal and oral infection of pathogenic bacteria, thus to prevent gastrointestinal and oral diseases. Cleaning and disinfection methods, preferably by boiling and washing with boiling water.

5. Brushing teeth

Brushing teeth is one of the effective way to maintain oral cleanliness, prevent the occurrence of oral diseases and dental caries, thus to stay away from bad breath. Children under 3 years old, do not use toothpaste, usually with water or light salt water . In lactation and after eating and every night, pay attention to fed the children  warm water or mouthwash, which can play a role of mouth rinse.

Baby can also have bad breath like adults, which may also caused by many reasons, here we provide the most common baby bad breath causes.

• Dry mouth

If your baby is breathing through the mouth (which may be due to nasal congestion or other reasons), and then the bacteria in his mouth would be more likely to grow and will not be stifled.

• Foreign bodies in the nose

Peas, beans or other small toys, children put they in the nose may cause bad breath. This is very common in infants and young children, who are notorious for putting things where they don’t belong!

• Sucking

If your baby sucking his fingers or a pacifier, the object may develop an odor from repeated exposure to saliva and oral bacteria. Pacifiers are also likely to have other residues, such as food residue.

• Illness or allergic symptoms

Some diseases, such as sinus infections, tonsillitis, or even seasonal allergies can also lead to bad breath. At the same time, some children because of nausea or food regurgitation may cause bad breath. However, if the bad breath is caused by nausea or food regurgitation, then usually there will be other symptoms such as feeling unwell after eating.

• Oral health problems

Normal bacteria live in the mouth and interact with leftover food particles — between the teeth (once your baby has some), at the gum line, on the tongue, or on the surface of the tonsils at the back of your baby’s throat. This causes bad breath, especially if the food in the mouth last a very long time.

What can I do about bad breath?

In most cases, good oral hygiene is the answer. Try to wipe or brush your baby’s gums and any teeth after each feeding and before bedtime. You can also gently brush his tongue. (No need to use toothpaste at this age.)

Wash your baby’s hands frequently with soap and water if sucks his thumb or fingers, and wash his security objects often. If he uses a pacifier, sterilize it by running it through the dishwasher or dropping it in boiling water.

Healthy children (and adults, too!) sometimes have bad breath, or halitosis. The most likely culprits:

1. Dry mouth

Water and saliva in the oral mucosa can lubricate mucosa and eliminate micro-organisms, maintaining the environment of the mouth. . If the baby do not pay attention to add water, oral cavity to reduce the water and saliva, dry mouth, bacteria break down the release of volatile products increased, the mouth will be a small odor. If your baby is breathing through his mouth — because he has a stuffy nose, for example — then the bacteria in his mouth are more likely to grow undisturbed.

2. Sucking

If your baby sucks on his fingers or a pacifier, the object may develop an odor from repeated exposure to saliva and oral bacteria. A pacifier may also have other residue on it, such as old food.

3. Foreign object

A pea, bean, small toy, or another object that your baby has put in his nose can cause him to have bad breath. This is especially common in babies and toddlers, who are notorious for putting things where they don’t belong!

4. Indigestion

When the baby to eat too many snacks, diet section, overeating, or eating unclean food, increased the burden of gastrointestinal, damage the spleen and stomach, causing gastrointestinal diseases and digestive disorders and indigestion situation, child will show loss of appetite, bad breath, constipation and other symptoms.

5. Oral ulcer

The location of oral ulcers more common in the baby’s oral mucosa and tongue edge, often a white ulcers surrounded by flush, ran into, then will be very painful, especially eating sour, salty, spicy food, the pain is more severe, oral ulcers of small babies more susceptible to bad breath, and often accompanied by blood in saliva.

6. Illness or allergies

Sometimes an illness such as a sinus infection, tonsillitis, or even seasonal allergies can cause bad breath. And some children with gastroesophageal reflux, or regurgitation of their food, have foul breath. If reflux is the problem, however, your baby will almost certainly have other symptoms, such as discomfort after eating.

In most cases, good oral hygiene is the answer. Try to wipe or brush your baby’s gums and any teeth after each feeding and before bedtime. You can also gently brush his tongue.